Ground Work 2021: New York State Crops Emerging Well
Despite our late start to planting, we were able to get all our soybeans planted by June 4, a week after we finished planting corn.…
Ground Work 2021: Cool, Wet Kentucky Weather Slows Progress
The rains that started coming in late April have continued. Heavy rains, along with ongoing cool temperatures, has made this spring challenging. We finished planting…
Ground Work 2021: North Dakota Crops Emerging, Need Rain
This year, we finished planting all our fields – both soybeans and corn – by May 27, roughly two weeks earlier than average. It’s also…
Ground Work 2021: Wrapping up Michigan Planting Season
We finished planting soybeans in mid-May, and we terminated all our cover crops prior to crop emergence. Corn planting was completed on May 24. It…
Ground Work 2021: Iowa Soybeans Emerging
We finished planting the 2021 crop on May 14. The last field we planted was soybeans we are growing for seed. The local seed company…
Ground Work 2021: Planting Delays in Illinois
After a good start to planting, rains at the end of April and the beginning of May interrupted us and kept us out of the…
Ground Work 2021: Round-the-Clock Planting in Kentucky
It has been a strange spring. Much of April was cool and dry. However, by the last week of April, we started getting rains that…
Ground Work 2021: Planting Soybeans in Michigan
We are in full planting mode! We often have limited good days to plant our soybeans and corn, due to spring storms. That means when…
Ground Work 2021: Planters Rolling in Iowa
We are focused on planting both soybeans and corn right now. When we started planting, conditions were less than ideal. Soil temperatures were cooler than…
Ground Work 2021: Preparing New York State Fields
In mid-April, we received the rain we had been waiting for to provide some soil moisture. It came with cool temperatures. Our long-term forecast shows…